Oct. 21, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Azusa Pacific (Calif.) remained No. 1 in NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll with 16 first place votes and 557 total points.

Top five spots also stayed the same.  Cedarville (Ohio) collected four first place votes and 545 points to remain No. 2 while California State-San Marcos received 522 points at No. 3.  No. 4 Malone (Ohio) and No. 5 Concordia (Calif.) held their spots with 506 and 490 points respectively.

No. 21 Concordia (Ore.) and No. 25 Hastings (Neb.) moved back into the top-25 after dropping out in week 5 and week 6 respectively.

The eighth regular season top 25 poll will be released on Tuesday, Oct. 28th.

2008 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Oct. 21

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	16	557
2	2	Cedarville (Ohio)	4	545
3	3	California State-San Marcos		522
4	4	Malone (Ohio)		506
5	5	Concordia (Calif.)		490
6	6	Biola (Calif.)		459
7	8	Simon Fraser (B.C.)		434
8	7	Black Hills State (S.D.)		431
9	9	Indiana Institute of Technology		422
10	10	Wayland Baptist (Texas)		406
11	11	Indiana Wesleyan		380
12	12	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		364
13	13	Concordia (Neb.)		354
14	14	Aquinas (Mich.)		328
15	15	College of Idaho (Idaho)		297
16	16	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)		276
17	17	Shawnee State (Ohio)		263
18	18	Saint Xavier (Ill.)		252
19	18	Milligan (Tenn.)		240
20	20	Westmont (Calif.)		206
21	RV	Concordia (Ore.)		187
22	23	Doane (Neb.)		186
23	21	Lindenwood (Mo.)		166
24	23	British Columbia		151
25	RV	Hastings (Neb.)		134

Others Receiving Votes: Bethel (Ind.) 113; Dordt (Iowa) 74; Spring Arbor (Mich.) 60; Evergreen State (Wash.) 41; William Woods (Mo.) 29; Southwestern (Kan.) 11; Morningside (Iowa) 9; Oklahoma Baptist 9; Taylor (Ind.) 8; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 7; Jamestown (N.D.) 7; Corban (Ore.) 3; Vanguard (Calif.) 1; Union (Tenn.) 1; Walsh (Ohio) 1; Montreat (N.C.) 1; Houghton (N.Y.) 1; Park (Mo.) 1.